21 October 2026

*2*

SW1

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 121, A-INDEX 8, K-INDEX 1

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1643 utc, 480.4 KM/s, DENSITY 3.5 P/cm3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 107 nt, GOES 19, 119 nt

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644, WW8II 1646

16:40 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex deep fades 549 to 599

16:42 KP2AE-JOE: w4dex short SW peaks then nothing

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX weak tone 6db, 6-8db, 5db, 10db, 1min 10db, 13 db,14db good tone, 13db, 12db, 13db, EOT 12db

16:43 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: bright visual detection full period. Peaked 18db, weak tone heard

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: bright visual detection full period. Peaks around 14db above the noise, no tone heard

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 12db good tone, 14db, 15db, copy call 539, 13db, 1 min 12db, 10db, 12db, 19db, EOT 9db

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW not heard, fairly consistent visual peaking 15 dB over noise

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL faint visuals throughout period <5 dB

16:48 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW not heard, good visual peaking 20 dB over noise

16:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 529, peaked close to 30db, bright visual detection. Decent copy

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SSB Reports:

16:37 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB from just detectable to short 43 peak copy

16:37 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB detected today

16:38 KP2AE-JOE: short bursts of SW from w4dex 54 up to 59+10

16:39 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 with a few 56 peaks

16:50 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE SSB now 55 peak

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20 October 2026

*2*

SW2

WW8II- SOLAR FLUX 121, A-INDEX 2, K-INDEX 2

WW8II- SOLAR WIND @ 1443 utc, 369.5 KM/s, DENSITY 5.43 P/CM3

WW8II- MAGNETOMETERS @ 1640 utc, GOES 18, 111 nt, GOES 19, 123 nt



CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644, WW8II 1646

116:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 WW8II-BRUCE: w4DEX 19db weak tone , 12db, 13db, 1 min 12db-10db, 16db, 18db good tone, 18db real good tone, EOT 22db copy call 559

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: broken visual trace in waterfall, 8db max

16:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 0, 0, 0, det, 1 min 0, 0, 0, 0, EOT 0

16:44 KW4DE-DARRELL: K5HFG cw not heard today

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: weak visual detection, 5db

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL very light visual, <5 dB in and out of noise first minute. nothing after.

16:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0V), 19db 12db copy call 18db good tone 1 min 20db copy call 579, 20db good tone 18 db copy call 559, EOT 14 db fair tone,

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:46 KW4DE-DARRELL: KG0VL cw not heard

16:48 K5HFG-DON: WW8II no detect

16:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II CW weak tone heard, nice visual peaking 30 dB over noise

16:49 KW4DE-DARRELL: WW8II cw heard full time with light qsb, tone excellent,339 best with near noise least. ID characters sporadic. Overall much improved.

16:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II: 539 QSB. Peaked close to 30db above the noise level
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SSB Reports:

16:37 KW4DE-DARRELL: K4CS0 ssb 56 today, 100 % copy with no static,

16:42 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 with a few 55 peaks

16:52 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB now peaking 57

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• 19 October 2026
• *2*
• Solar Wind Speed: 363 km/sec

  Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz 3 nT

  Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 137 sfu

  
  
  
  

  
  

  GOES- 18  LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
  Current	19 Oct 2026 16:43:00 GMT	B5.6	Ratio  0.009
  Beginning	19 Oct 2026 14:21:00 GMT	B5.4
  Maximum	19 Oct 2026 14:29:00 GMT	C1.9	Integrated flux:  1.1e-3  J m-2
  End	19 Oct 2026 14:34:00 GMT	C1.2
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CW Reports:
KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: good visual detection, peaks about 8db above the noise level

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no signal detected

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: broken visual trace in waterfall, 6db

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:46 K5HFG-DON: KG0VL no detect

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18 October 2026

*2*

SW0

Solar Wind Speed: 425 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz 4 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 132 sfu

GOES- 18  LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current	18 Oct 2026 16:55:00 GMT	B7.2	Ratio  0.029
Beginning	18 Oct 2026 14:31:00 GMT	B5.3
Maximum	18 Oct 2026 14:42:00 GMT	B8.6	Integrated flux:  9.6e-4  J m-2
End	18 Oct 2026 14:51:00 GMT	B6.6

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, AB4AM 1642, KGØVL 1644

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak visual detection first minute of test, peaks around 10db

16:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 4,4,6,6,1 min 6,8,6,3,8 51-559 on peaks.

16:44 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM CW from barely heard to 559 copy, very fast QSB

16:46 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM: weak visual detection in waterfall, max signal <5db above the noise level

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

16:46 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL nocopy/detect

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SSB Reports:

16:34 W4DEX-DEX: K4CSO SSB 43 to 55 copy

16:36 AB4AM-ROB: Called SSB a couple of times nothing heard

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17 October 2026

*2*

Solar Wind Speed: 447 km/sec

Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 7 nT, Bz 2 nT

Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 131 sfu

GOES- 18  LATEST X-RAY EVENT 1-8Å
Current	17 Oct 2026 17:21:00 GMT	B7.2	Ratio  0.038
Beginning	17 Oct 2026 15:36:00 GMT	B6.6
Maximum	17 Oct 2026 15:40:00 GMT	C1.7	Integrated flux:  7.3e-4  J m-2
End	17 Oct 2026 15:44:00 GMT	C1.1

CW Reports:

KG0VL-JEFF: 2 minute CW schedule: W4DEX 1640, K5HFG 1642, KGØVL 1644

16:42 K5HFG-DON: W4DEX no detect

16:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX: weak visual detection, max peak 6db

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW no singal detected

16:47 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG: (unconfirmed) possible faint visual detection in waterfall

16:46 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL CW no signal detected

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